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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • System Settings

    Contains rules that check correct system settings.
    Group
  • Installing and Maintaining Software

    The following sections contain information on security-relevant choices during the initial operating system installation process and the setup of s...
    Group
  • Prefer to use a 64-bit Operating System when supported

    Prefer installation of 64-bit operating systems when the CPU supports it.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System and Software Integrity

    System and software integrity can be gained by installing antivirus, increasing system encryption strength with FIPS, verifying installed software,...
    Group
  • Package "prelink" Must not be Installed

    The prelink package can be removed with the following command:
     $ sudo yum erase prelink
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Prelinking

    The prelinking feature changes binaries in an attempt to decrease their startup time. In order to disable it, change or add the following line insi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter

    Enables source route verification
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra_pinfo

    Accept prefix information in router advertisements?
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra_rtr_pref

    Accept router preference in router advertisements?
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra

    Accept all router advertisements?
    Value

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